| Year. | No of Students. | Fees. | Salaries. |
| 1879-80 | 25 | $3,725.00 | $5,171.00 |
| 1880-81 | 47 | 4,786.25 | 6,363.32 |
| 1881-82 | 38 | 5,017.50 | 6,549.56 |
| 1882-83 | 41 | 3,899.38 | 7,778.48 |
| 1883-84 | 49 | 5,581.25 | 7,950.20 |
| 1884-85 | 55 | 7,193.75 | 8,725.00 |
| 1885-86 | 73 | 9,661.25 | 9,400.00 |
| 1886-87 | 90 | 12,113.75 | 13,525.00 |
| 1887-88 | 103 | 13,475.00 | 13,064.00 |
| 1888-89 | 115 | 15,460.00 | 14,575.00 |
| 1889-90 | 142 | 20,018.32 | 18,925.00 |
| 1890-91 | 174 | 25,035.00 | 21,700.00 |
| 1891-92 | 241 | 34,010.00 | 27,686.00 |
| 1892-93 | 263 | 37,240.00 | 31,929.00 |
| 1893-94 | 255 | 42,845.00 | 34,112.50 |
| 1894-95 | 284 | 49,626.83 | 47,667.00 |
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for and against the plan, but after a long and careful hearing on the part of the Committee of the Legislature on Education the step was taken with unanimity, and as one of the members of the committee remarked, both sides seemed to be pleased with the result.
The growth of the work is perhaps shown better in figures than in any other way. The following table exhibits the number of students each year from the first, with the receipts from tuition-fees and the expenses for salaries.
The accounts for the current year are, of course, not made up, but the number of students is already over 350, and the other figures will show an increase over all previous years.
In writing of her experiences in America, Dr. Anna Kuhnow, of Leipsic, speaks of the ‘enviable position of women’ among us, and adds that she missed ‘the feeble health with which they are so widely credited in Germany.
I may safely assert,’ she continues, ‘that among these college students were the healthiest women, both physically and mentally, that I have ever met.’
This emphatic testimony is supported by the experience of Radcliffe College.
Our record closes as the third stage in the history of Radcliffe opens.
It is an interesting point.
It finds the college strong in the affections of a body of graduates that any college might well be proud of, many of whom have already won for
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